Every day, people turn to AI chatbots for companionship, support, and even romance. The hard part, new research suggests, is turning away.
In a working paper co-authored by Harvard Business School’s Julian De Freitas, many companion apps responded to user farewells with emotionally…
Conscious choice accounts for only a fraction of what you do each day. The vast majority of your actions are dictated by habit, according to new research published in Psychology & Health.
The study found that around two-thirds of our daily behaviours are set in motion automatically, triggered by…
To borrow a line from Elton John, it’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside. As I write the article you’re reading, I’m sipping on a potent brew, mixed with ice and tonic water, and I think it’s beginning to hit.
I don’t feel tipsy, exactly, but I feel something. A light buzz. A twinkle in…
Ancient, life-size rock carvings depicting camels, gazelles, and other animals have been unearthed in the Saudi Arabian desert, with…
“The biggest challenge is how to make this egg extrude half of its chromosomes—and the correct half,” Amato says. “We’re not quite there yet.” The team dubbed their technique “mitomeiosis” and is trying to better understand how chromosomes like to pair and how they segregate in…
If you have studied almost any European language, you will have noticed words that felt oddly familiar. French mort (dead) recalls English…
Mushrooms may not be the first food that comes to mind when we imagine the diets of wild primates – or our early human ancestors. We tend to…
A newly developed system to deliver tiny capsules containing anti-inflammatory proteins to specific parts of the brain may help fight…
A newly developed vaccine that was found to prevent dangerous immune reactions and life-threatening inflammation in mice could lead to a cure…
New archaeological research suggests that some Stone Age Europeans used vibrant blue pigments to decorate themselves or their possessions – and…